For Killer Mike, T.I., and many Atlantans, the shuttering of Bankhead Fish & Soul marked not just the loss of a restaurant, but another casualty of gentrification. FWPro
has become a city mostly of transplants, but if you want to see if someone really knows the city, ask them about Bankhead Fish & Soul. In the city's African-American community, the fast-casual seafood restaurant—with its iconic wood paneling and brown booths—was an essential gathering place. It was also the longest standing restaurant in the Bankhead area before the owner, Helen Brown Harden, announced last year that she was being forced to close down after 50 years.
My memories of Bankhead Fish & Soul are shared by many Atlantans, and for many in the Grove Park community, the shuttering of Bankhead Fish & Soul was not just the loss of a restaurant, but another casualty of gentrification. Over the last five years, new developments have popped up in the area with homes selling for $300 to $400K. This is a sharp contrast to some older homes in the area, which go for as little as $40K.
This is not Harris’ first venture into the restaurant industry; his upscale downtown Atlanta eatery, Scales 925, opened in 2015 and closed in 2016. Harris is also behind the label Grand Hustle Records, as well as the Trap Music Museum.
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